About Santipur Village

Santipur is a small village in Saraikela tehsil, in the district of Saraikela Kharsawan, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 80, made up of 40 males and 40 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 91 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833220, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Santipur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Santipur village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Saraikela Kharsawan
Tehsil	Saraikela
Pincode	833220
Area (hectares)	91 hectares
Population	80
Male Population	40
Female Population	40
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Santipur compares

By the 2011 count Santipur is the 156th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 435 residents. Its 91 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1006.

Getting to Santipur

Santipur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Santipur as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Santipur from other places

Santipur lies about 5.8 km from Saraikela Kharsawan, and the nearest railway station is Birbans, about 3.8 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Santipur
Nearest railway station	Birbans	3.8 km
District headquarters	Saraikela Kharsawan	5.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Saraikela	14 km
Nearest town	Bhetia	16 km

Villages closest to Santipur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Saraikela tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Santipur

As per the Census of India 2011, Santipur village had a population of 80. That makes it the 156th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 435 residents.

Santipur village has 40 males and 40 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Santipur has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1006.

The pincode recorded for Santipur is 833220. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Santipur covers 91 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Santipur falls under Saraikela tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Santipur is Birbans, about 3.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Santipur.

Santipur is about 5.8 km from Saraikela Kharsawan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Santipur is in Saraikela tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district. Birbans is about 3.8 km away. Saraikela Kharsawan is about 5.8 km away. Saraikela is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.